Emerging Technologies
These refugees have built a Lego robot to fight COVID-19
Syrian residents at Jordan’s Za’atari settlement have come up with a creative way to help combat coronavirus in their camp and others like it.
Harry Kretchmer is a Senior Writer at Formative Content. Recoded to Forum Agenda on 29/05/2024
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Health and Healthcare Systems
幸福学の教授が教える、新型コロナウイルスの時代を生き抜く方法
今、精神的健康を保つための解決策が求められているのだと、サントス教授は言います。手洗いやソーシャルディスタンスなどの明確なアドバイスとは違い、自分がどう感じているかについてケアすることはあまり単純ではないからです。「誰もが不安や不確実性を感じ、一種の恐怖に苦しめられています。人々は自分の気持ちを和らげるためにできることを探しているのです」と、彼女は言います。
Health and Healthcare Systems
How coronavirus has hit employment in G7 economies
Since the pandemic hit, claims for unemployment benefits have soared in some countries – notably the US – and by far less in others, for example, Japan.
Health and Healthcare Systems
How drones are helping to battle COVID-19 in Africa – and beyond
Medical delivery drones have been supplying clinics in Africa for several years. Now they’re being deployed in the fight against coronavirus and are being trialed in the US.
Health and Healthcare Systems
Why 'video call fatigue' might be making you tired during lockdown - and how to beat it
Virtual meetings during the coronavirus pandemic leave some feeling exhausted. Psychologists say 'video call fatigue' is down to several factors - and there are ways to beat it.
Health and Healthcare Systems
3 razones por las que no podemos comparar las respuestas de los países al coronavirus
Cada vez hay más pruebas de que los datos que las naciones recogen sobre sus respuestas a COVID-19 pueden ser irregulares, lo que dificulta las comparaciones.
Health and Healthcare Systems
3 reasons we can't compare countries' coronavirus responses
Evidence is growing that the data nations collect about their COVID-19 responses can be patchy, making comparisons difficult.
Global Risks
Le paludisme pourrait faire son retour à cause de la COVID-19
Les cas de paludisme pourraient doubler en Afrique subsaharienne car la pandémie de coronavirus entraîne un retard dans les programmes de prévention, avertissent les responsables de la sa...
Health and Healthcare Systems
6 ways to protect human rights during lockdown – according to the UN
The most vulnerable groups in society are at risk as countries around the world have closed their borders and restricted movement during the COVID-19 pandemic – and the United Nations is ...
Health and Healthcare Systems
La malaria podría rebrotar por culpa de la COVID-19
Los casos de malaria podrían duplicarse en el África subsahariana, ya que la pandemia de coronavirus hace que se retrasen los programas de prevención, advierten los dirigentes sanitarios.
Health and Healthcare Systems
Malaria could make a comeback thanks to COVID-19
Malaria cases could double in Sub-Saharan Africa as the coronavirus pandemic causes prevention programmes to be delayed, health leaders warn.
Nature and Biodiversity
Un pôle Nord sans glace et un mystère cosmique : les histoires que vous avez peut-être manquées la semaine dernière
Du réchauffement du pôle Nord à une importante découverte en physique des particules et à la méga sécheresse américaine, voici les nouvelles sans coronavirus que vous avez peut-être manqu...
Health and Healthcare Systems
COVID-19 could trigger a spike in measles cases. Here’s how
With everything focused on the fight against coronavirus, preventable infectious diseases could make a comeback, as routine vaccinations are postponed around the world.
Nature and Biodiversity
Un Polo Norte libre de hielo y un misterio cósmico: las historias que te podrías haber perdido la semana pasada
Desde el calentamiento del Polo Norte hasta un importante descubrimiento de la física de partículas y la mega-sequía de los EE.UU., estas son las noticias no relacionadas con el coronavir...
Nature and Biodiversity
An ice-free North Pole and a cosmic mystery: the stories you might have missed last week
From a warming North Pole to an important particle physics discovery and the US megadrought, these are the non-coronavirus news stories you might have missed last week.